Obvious solution is 4-way guying. The use of 4 guys reduces the
80% rule to 57%, or 96 feet. But 4 way guying also allows you
to put the guys out at 120 feet. So you will be in very good
shape with 4 way guying. Imagine the stability of a 3 legged
stool vs a 4 legged stool. Big difference.
Rick N6RK
Paul Hemby wrote:
> I would like to install 170 feet of Rohn 45 tower. The problem is that
> the
> specs call for guy points to be 136 feet. My lot is only 170 feet wide
> which will give me about 96 feet on each guy point. Is there anyway to
> elevate the guy points enough, such as using H beam to make this work, or
> increasing the size of the guy cables, pouring additional concrete, etc,
> the
> tower can be bracketed to the poured concrete bond beam on a concrete
> block
> garage at 10 feet if this would help. Any help or ideas would be
> appreciated. Thanks Paul WN4AMO
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